ARE YOU A RUNAWAY?
The National Runaway Hotline operates a "Home Free" program in conjunction with Greyhound
Bus Line that will reunite you with your family. They offer other services as well to runaways that's worth checking out including a message service. United Airlines is also the official airline of this organization.
Since 1995, the Home Free program has helped over 16,000 families by providing free bus tickets. To get a free ticket home, a person must be between the ages of 12 and 21, must call the NRS helpline (1-800-RUNAWAY). They also must be named on a runaway report and be willing to return to their family. The family or guardian also needs to agree to receive them at home. If the individual hoping to return home is under the age of 15, Home Free also provides a free ticket for the child's parent or guardian. A person can only get a ticket home through the program twice!
VETERANS & THEIR FAMILIES SPECIAL RESOURCES:
THE HERO MILES PROGRAM
Fisher House™ Foundation, Inc.
12300 Twinbrook Pkwy. Suite 410
Rockville, MD 20852
Phone: 888-294-8560
The Hero Miles Program provides round-trip airline tickets to wounded, injured, and ill service members and/or their families who are undergoing treatment at a military or VA medical center;
or who are attending an authorized event. Flights are made possible through frequent flyer mile donations made by individual airline passengers. Fisher House Foundation administers the Hero Miles program in partnership with the Department of Defense
Two categories of eligible recipients:
1. Wounded, injured, and ill service members on approved leave may be given a round trip airline ticket for a trip from the medical center to their home or to attend an authorized event, if they are not eligible for government funded airfare.
2. Wounded, injured, and ill service members may be given a round trip airline ticket to enable their family or close friends visit them while they are undergoing treatment at an authorized medical center.
Veterans Airlift Command
5775 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 700
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
Phone: 952-582-2911
The VAC provides free air transportation to post-9/11 combat wounded and their families for medical and other compassionate purposes through a national network of volunteer aircraft owners and pilots.
AIR CARE ALLILANCE
Using their own time and general aviation aircraft, pilot volunteers from the many public benefit flying organizations help hundreds of people each month. They and many other non-flying volunteers work to transport patients in need to facilities where they are able to receive medical attention they might otherwise have to do without. Many groups also play a significant role providing disaster and emergency relief, serving our veterans, flying for environmental support, transporting animals, taking youth on educational flights, or performing other community service missions.
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OTHER TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS:
MIRACLE FLIGHTS
5740 S Eastern Ave, Ste 240
Las Vegas, NV 89119
Phone: 800-359-1711 OR 702-261-0494
Today, we're the Nation's leading medical flight charity and one of the only national non-profits
headquartered in Las Vegas. We arrange more than 600 flights every month to medical facilities across the country. Most of those we serve will require numerous flights over the course of their lifetime; some have already been flying with us for more than a decade.
Mercy Medical Angels
4620 Haygood Road, Suite 1
Virginia Beach VA 23455
Phone: 757-318-9174
Welcome to Mercy Medical Angels where removing the barrier to medical care is our mission.
We provide transportation on the ground and in the air to clinical care for those in need.Since 1972 Mercy Medical Angels has led the nation with charitable transportation to medical care. Today more than 17,000 free trips to medical care are provided each year, ensuring that no one
in need is denied medical care because they don’t have transportation
Corporate Angel Network, Inc.
Westchester County Airport
One Loop Road
White Plains, NY 10604-1215
Phone: 914-328-1313
Eligibility
At Corporate Angel Network, our mission is to arrange free travel on private planes for cancer patients, bone marrow donors and recipients and stem cell donors and recipients.
If you are a patient or a donor, we ask that you meet the following criteria:
• You are a cancer patient, a bone marrow donor or recipient, or a stem cell donor or recipient.
• You will be traveling to a treatment, consultation, or check-up.
• You will be traveling to recognized treatment centers as listed with the National Cancer Institute or the American College of Surgeons.
• You are mobile and able to walk up the steps of a corporate aircraft without assistance.
• You do not require oxygen, IV medication, or medical assistance while onboard the plane.
Can a spouse or friend fly?
If a second seat is available, a patient may bring one adult companion, and children under the age of 21 may bring two adults. Corporate participants are accustomed to receiving requests for at least two seats, but if the patient is a child, Corporate Angel Network can inquire about the availability of three seats.
AIR CARE ALLILANCE
Using their own time and general aviation aircraft, pilot volunteers from the many public benefit flying organizations help hundreds of people each month. They and many other non-flying volunteers work to transport patients in need to facilities where they are able to receive medical attention they might otherwise have to do without. Many groups also play a significant role providing disaster and emergency relief, serving our veterans, flying for environmental support, transporting animals, taking youth on educational flights, or performing other community service missions.
Air Charity Network
Phone: 877-621-7177
Requirements
All adult passengers must be ambulatory. Most of our pilot’s planes are 4 or 6 seat, non-pressurized general aviation aircraft. Getting in and out of one may be compared to getting
in and out of the back seat of a small car. Therefore, all passengers must be able to sit upright
for the duration of the flight and wear a seat belt.
Compelling Reason
There may also be some reason why private aircraft is the only option over commercial transportation. For example, if an individual lives in a rural area without easy access to commercial transportation, or a person is highly susceptible to infection and cannot be
exposed to crowds, or if someone cannot afford commercial transportation.
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While there is no formula for screening passengers, we must still determine, at our discretion, whether there is a demonstrated financial reason that conventional transportation cannot be used. You will be required to provide information regarding your financial situation, including
your income. We must also be able to verify with a third party, such as a social worker or doctor, that there is truly a need for our services.
Medical Condition
Passengers must be medically stable, ambulatory, and be able to sit up in an airplane seat for
the duration of the flight. Our pilots are not medically trained. We are not an air ambulance service, nor do we provide medical assistance during our flights. Medical Release Passengers
will be required to provide a medical release signed by their local physician indicating the passenger has a satisfactory medical condition to take the flight. We will fax the release from
our office to your local physician.
Angel Flight, Inc.
12345 E. Skelly Drive
Tulsa, OK 74128
Phone: 918-749-8992
In order to use Angel Flight the patient must meet these requirements.
- Patients must be ambulatory and able to travel in a small, non-pressurized aircraft, without access to lavatory facilities, for the duration of the flight
- Must have a personally signed letter from the physician
- Alternate air transportation is not affordable or feasible
- Must have a legitimate medical need to avoid lengthy surface transportation
- Qualified personnel must accompany a patient requiring attention or assistance
- Typically, patients are allowed to be accompanied by one family member or support person
- Must have ground transportation to and from the airport
- Must sign a waiver form releasing Angel Flight, Inc. and volunteer pilots from liability
- Angel Flight aircraft are not equipped for medical emergencies and Angel Flight volunteers are not able to provide any medical service before, during, or after the flight
- All equipment and medical staff required must be provided with doctors approval. Patients may carry their own oxygen.
- Passengers should be aware that baggage in excess of 50 pounds total may not be accommodated
- Under most circumstances, in order to find an available pilot, the flight must be scheduled
at least five working days in advance
- Flights may be canceled due to weather
- Patient should have back-up transportation
- Pilot is the final authority as to the conduct of each flight
Wings of Mercy Inc.
100 South Pine Street Suite #393
Zeeland, MI 49423
Phone: 616-396-1077
If you have a medical need for long-distance transportation to receive treatment but cannot
afford to travel, we can help. We understand the financial burden associated with serious illness, especially when it causes a loss of income. Even though health insurance may cover the cost
of treatment, it rarely covers transportation to a distant medical center.
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That’s where we come in. Wings of Mercy bridges this gap, providing free air transportation to qualified patients. Our FAA-certified pilots are dedicated to getting you where you need to go,
east of the Rocky Mountains. Approved patients involved in clinical trials or multiple appointments can contact us for a flight referral any time of year; we just need to verify your eligibility annually.
Zichron Shlome Refuah Fund
1319-51st Street
Brooklyn NY 11219
Phone: 718-GET-WELL (438-9355)
Helps with a wide variety of needs including rent & utilities, wigs, retreats, transportation,
summer camps, plane tickets, etc. for those with cancer.
